In San Antonio, a federal grand jury indicted 46-year-old licensed Physician’s Assistant Christopher Felix Montoya and 40-year-old Nancy Almaguer for their roles in a Healthcare Fraud, bribery and kickback scheme. The indictment charges Montoya, the owner and operator of TPC Family Medicine and Urgent Care Clinics in San Antonio and Laredo (TPC), and TPC Chief Operating Officer Almaguer with one count of conspiracy to pay and receive healthcare kickbacks and three counts of soliciting and receiving illegal healthcare kickbacks. Each count calls for up to five years in federal prison upon conviction. The indictment alleges that from September 2018 to June 2019, the defendants schemed to enrich themselves by receiving kickbacks and bribes in exchange for sending patient nasal swabs to a specific laboratory (lab) for testing. The lab would perform the testing, receive reimbursement from Medicare and other insurance programs. The lab, through a 3rd party, would pay kickbacks to Montoya and Almaguer.
